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Heighington Bridge Club is a EBU affiliated club that plays twice a week at the Hammond Hall Bassingham. We meet on a Monday evening from 6.45pm for our main competitive sessions and on a Friday afternoon at 1.20pm for a relaxed duplicate session of usually 21 boards stopping for a tea break and a chance to chat.  Our venue is modern and spacious and benefits from air conditioning. New members and visitors are always welcome.

If you wish to visit or join please contact Derek Crumpton at derek.crumpton@live.com and if you are a single player we will try to find you a partner.

The Garden Cities is a Teams of 8 Competition with the first round played between the clubs in the County.

Heighington entered two teams in the County competition and we are delighted to report that Heighington Stars, Fred, Andy, Charles, Lynda, Roger, Margaret, Brian and Barry finished in third place winning 4 of their 6 matches and Heighington Aces, Nick, Ruby,. Mo, Debbie, Dave, John, Derek and Pat finished in first place winning by quite a margin. As far back as anyone can remember this is the first time that Heighington have won this competition.

Heighington Aces will now go on to represent Lincolnshire in the Regional round to be held in Leicester in May

Congratulations and Well Played to all our participants

Another good night at Oscar's Inn Newark. Everyone enjoyed the fabulous food and convivial atmosphere.

In the absence of our Chairman, Derek presented the winners with their trophies

Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association started their new year in September.

The first County event was the Lincs Sims pairs, the best performance in this competition was by Fred and Derrick who finished 5th out of the 67 pairs taking part.

Mo and Debbie continue to do well at the County events held at Dunholme finishing 2nd in the Ghost Pairs and winning the Random seeded teams. In the Mixed Pairs Event Debbie and her partner finished first with Mo and her partner finishing second.

A very strong showing from Heighington in the December Lincs Sims pairs with Derek and Pat finishing in first place with Rob and Brian second and Mo and Debbie in fourth.. 68 pairs took part in the competition.

The full committee is as follows

Chairman         Fred Myers

Secretary         Derek Crumpton

Treasurer         Pat Lucas

Members         Charles Day

                        Corinne Cole

As well as our normal duplicate sessions including the SMM competition the club will hold four annual competitions

HANDICAP PAIRS  October 28th 2024. Each pair will be given a handicap according to last season's average

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP 17th Feb 2025. You will play each board with a different partner. Pre-entry required

ROY HUGHES PAIRS TROPHY April 28th 2025

TEAMS OF 4 TROPHY Sept 1st 2025 Random seeded teams Pre-entry required

We work in close cooperation with Bassingham Bridge club. The two clubs have many members in common and share facilities and equipment. Bassingham bridge club provides social bridge on Tuesday afternoons, beginner and improvers courses on Wednesday evenings and duplicate evenings on Thursdays.

In order to facilitate the smooth running of the weekly pairs events, would players please follow the following guidelines.

1. The hall is usually available from 18.30  so early arrivals are asked to assist the director in the preparation of up to ten tables with cloths and bidding boxes.

2. Players are asked be seated by 18.45.

3. On arrival the director will issue a playing card to each pair. A black card indicates for that pair to sit N/S at the number drawn and a red card to sit E/W. When the director has started play each North should  activate the Bridgemate, fill in the table number and players ID numbers and check they have the correct boards.

4. At the completion of each board North will enter the result and hand it to East or West for verification. East/West please check carefully before accepting the result. . At the end of the round North is responsible for passing the boards on to the next table in the correct order for play.

5. Players should be prepared to play two board rounds in 15 minutes and three board rounds in 21 minutes. Any table falling badly behind may be instructed not to play their final board and the score will be averaged at the director's discretion.

6. At sitting tables, for some movements, there will arrow switches for some rounds. (Usually rounds 2 and 3) The Bridgemate will always indicate the correct orientation and all players should be aware of this. If a table has failed to arrow switch please inform the director immediately.

7. After play the scorer will usually score and upload the results to Bridgewebs by 22.10 hrs. The scoring will then be submitted to the EBU